When the allies invaded France in 1944, the first thing they did was move through the nearest towns and shoot anyone they saw. They had to establish a defendable position and had no time to identify whether someone was a French civilian, resistance member or a German.
Born in Normandy, where we were taught about wwii inside and outside of school a whole lot, having grand parents in the resistance. I have never ever heard that.
A lot of the grey areas were suppressed. Because it was a war of goodies v baddies and that was that. In reality war is always baddies v baddies with civilians caught in the crossfire.
When the allies invaded France in 1944, the first thing they did was move through the nearest towns and shoot anyone they saw. They had to establish a defendable position and had no time to identify whether someone was a French civilian, resistance member or a German.
Born in Normandy, where we were taught about wwii inside and outside of school a whole lot, having grand parents in the resistance. I have never ever heard that.
A lot of the grey areas were suppressed. Because it was a war of goodies v baddies and that was that. In reality war is always baddies v baddies with civilians caught in the crossfire.
That’s quite the claim. Do you have a source for that?
From recorded interviews with one of the British soldiers, as featured in the BBC documentary D-Day: The Unheard Tapes.
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